ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,335, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to AMADA Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Bending system" was invented by Yousuke Onagi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "On a back side of a table, moving bodies are provided being movable in a left-right direction. A bending system includes moving actuators to cause the moving bodies to move in the left-right direction relative to the table and position detectors to detect positions of the moving bodies in the left-right direction. The moving bodies are provided with hole detectors to detect the engagement holes of tools fitted to a tool holder. The bending system includes a hole posit...